Synopsis
How Les Misérables and Miss Saigon traveled the world, the success of Disney's The Lion King, the 2003 hit Wicked, and the recent revival of Mel Brooks' The Producers.
- Programme: Broadway: The American Musical
- Episode: 6: Putting It Together
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2005
- Drama & Theatre
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